SANParks.org ForumsDiscussing the National Parks of South Africa2015-02-13T20:29:09+02:00http://www.sanparks.org/forums/feed.php?f=40&t=203472015-02-13T20:29:09+02:00http://www.sanparks.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20347&p=2204421#p2204421Beautiful cubs. They really are very, very special.

]]>2015-02-05T10:14:02+02:00http://www.sanparks.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20347&p=2201528#p2201528Statistics: Posted by Karin Mitton — Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:14 am
]]>2015-02-05T09:27:35+02:00http://www.sanparks.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20347&p=2201511#p2201511Statistics: Posted by FrontierPR — Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:27 am
]]>2015-02-05T09:05:40+02:00http://www.sanparks.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20347&p=2201502#p2201502Can I ask a question - will keeping them in the boma affect their ability to learn how to hunt? Surely they would need to be able to hunt to survive in any park where they are released? I am sure the staff at SANPARKS knows exactly whet needs to be done, but I would love to get a few details of how this process will be managed.

Their futures have not yet been decided - whether they will remain on in the park or not.

Thanks for the update Fayroush What would be the deciding factors around whether they were kept in the park on release or not? Since Gina's death the adult lion population has dropped to 6 males and 2 females... and Aardlam is quite old now as well. I heard at some point that the park was aiming to keep the population between 8 and 15 lions - but that was prior to the expansion of opening up the southern section. With the additional space that has brought, has any thought been given to whether the park can carry a higher number of predators? The numbers of prey certainly appears to have increased dramatically over the past few years from what I have seen.

]]>2015-01-27T10:33:47+02:00http://www.sanparks.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20347&p=2197980#p2197980They were found on 10 January, and have been cared for in one of the park's boma's since, and I am glad to report that the two females and one male are growing nicely. They've even developed little "pot bellies" over the past two weeks. They're expected to make a full recovery, and will spend the next six months in the boma's. Their futures have not yet been decided - whether they will remain on in the park or not. This will only be done closer to the time.